The collective bargaining process and the grievance procedure that a unionized environment brings are positives. The problem is that, by allowing strikes and other job action the rights of unions and workers are put above the rights of children.

And that’s wrong.

Of course, the Toronto District School Board’s notoriety serves as a painful reminder that the needed change in the education system is multifaceted.

The conventional wisdom used to be that an organization gets the union it deserves. Food for thought.